diff --git a/src/Translator.php b/src/Translator.php
index 3b1950de..79aea122 100644
--- a/src/Translator.php
+++ b/src/Translator.php
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@ CODE;
                     }
                     if ($property->arrayInitPlan) {
                         $init = "auto value = {$property->arrayInitPlan->expr};\n";
-                        $init .= 'zend_update_property(obj->ce, obj, ' . $this->genZendStrl($property->name) . ", value.ptr());\n";
+                        $init .= 'zend_update_property(' . $ce . ', obj, ' . $this->genZendStrl($property->name) . ", value.ptr());\n";
                         $init .= "php::throwErrorIfOccurred();\n";
                         $initBlock .= $this->wrapArrayInitPlan($property->arrayInitPlan, $init);
                     } else {
@@ -1651,43 +1651,22 @@ CODE;
                             : $property->default;
                         $init = "do {\n";
                         $init .= "auto value = php::Var({$default});\n";
-                        $init .= 'zend_update_property(obj->ce, obj, ' . $this->genZendStrl($property->name) . ", value.ptr());\n";
+                        $init .= 'zend_update_property(' . $ce . ', obj, ' . $this->genZendStrl($property->name) . ", value.ptr());\n";
                         $init .= "php::throwErrorIfOccurred();\n";
                         $init .= "} while (0);\n";
                         $initBlock .= $init;
                     }
                 }
 
-                $buildCreateBody = function (bool $attachHandlers) use ($classDef, $className, $handlers, $ce, $initBlock): string {
+                $delegateToParentAllocator = $this->parentHasCustomCreateObjectOnPhp84($classDef);
+                $buildCreateBody = function () use ($classDef, $className, $handlers, $initBlock, $delegateToParentAllocator): string {
                     $body = $classDef->ctorInit;
-                    if ($attachHandlers) {
-                        // PHP < 8.4: the custom handlers are attached to the object
-                        // AFTER the standard create_object, so object_properties_init
-                        // runs with the standard handlers (no asymmetric check). Our
-                        // explicit default inits run with the custom handlers
-                        // attached, so we set EG(fake_scope) to the object's own class
-                        // to satisfy asymmetric visibility for the class's own
-                        // properties.
-                        $body .= "auto obj = create_object_{$className}(class_type);\n";
-                        $body .= "typephp_attach_property_handlers(obj, &{$handlers});\n";
-                        $body .= "zend_class_entry *__typephp_saved_fake_scope = EG(fake_scope);\n";
-                        $body .= "EG(fake_scope) = obj->ce;\n";
-                        $body .= $initBlock;
-                        $body .= "EG(fake_scope) = __typephp_saved_fake_scope;\n";
-                    } else {
-                        // PHP >= 8.4: the custom handlers live in
-                        // default_object_handlers, so the object already carries the
-                        // asymmetric write_property hook at creation time and
-                        // object_properties_init would reject private(set)/protected(set)
-                        // default values (including inherited ones). Create the object
-                        // with the standard handlers, run the default initialization
-                        // (no visibility check), then attach the custom handlers.
-                        $body .= "auto obj = zend_objects_new(class_type);\n";
-                        $body .= "obj->handlers = const_cast<zend_object_handlers *>(zend_get_std_object_handlers());\n";
-                        $body .= "object_properties_init(obj, class_type);\n";
-                        $body .= $initBlock;
-                        $body .= "obj->handlers = &{$handlers};\n";
-                    }
+                    $body .= "auto obj = typephp_create_object_with_defaults(\n";
+                    $body .= "class_type, create_object_{$className}, &{$handlers}, ";
+                    $body .= ($delegateToParentAllocator ? 'true' : 'false') . ",\n";
+                    $body .= "[&](zend_object *obj) {\n";
+                    $body .= $initBlock;
+                    $body .= "});\n";
                     $body .= $classDef->ctorClean;
                     return $body . "return obj;\n";
                 };
@@ -1696,13 +1675,13 @@ CODE;
                 $code .= "#if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 80400)\n";
                 $code .= "create_object_{$className} = php_get_create_object_fn({$ce});\n";
                 $code .= "{$ce}->create_object = [](zend_class_entry *class_type) -> zend_object* {\n";
-                $code .= $buildCreateBody(true);
+                $code .= $buildCreateBody();
                 $code .= "};\n";
                 if ($classDef->requireCtor || $this->classHasAsymmetricOrHookedProperty($classDef)) {
                     $code .= "#else\n";
                     $code .= "create_object_{$className} = php_get_create_object_fn({$ce});\n";
                     $code .= "{$ce}->create_object = [](zend_class_entry *class_type) -> zend_object* {\n";
-                    $code .= $buildCreateBody(false);
+                    $code .= $buildCreateBody();
                     $code .= "};\n";
                 }
                 $code .= "#endif\n";
@@ -1751,6 +1730,36 @@ CODE;
         return false;
     }
 
+    private function parentHasCustomCreateObjectOnPhp84(ClassDef $classDef): bool
+    {
+        if ($classDef->extends === '') {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ($classDef->inheritedFromInternalClass) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        $parent = $this->getClassDef($classDef->extends);
+        while ($parent !== null) {
+            foreach ($parent->properties as $property) {
+                if (!$property->isStatic() && $property->default !== null) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+            if ($this->classHasAsymmetricOrHookedProperty($parent)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            if ($parent->extends === '') {
+                break;
+            }
+            if ($parent->inheritedFromInternalClass) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            $parent = $this->getClassDef($parent->extends);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     protected function getRegisterClassFunction(string $name): string
     {
         return self::PREFIX . 'register_class_' . $name;
diff --git a/tests/compiler/object_property/default-expressions-inheritance.phpt b/tests/compiler/object_property/default-expressions-inheritance.phpt
index fc517d24..697ecfe8 100644
--- a/tests/compiler/object_property/default-expressions-inheritance.phpt
+++ b/tests/compiler/object_property/default-expressions-inheritance.phpt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class PropertyDefaultsParent
     public int $sum = 1 + 2;
     public float $ratio = 2;
     protected string $label = self::LABEL_PREFIX . '-value';
+    protected array $options = ['mode' => 'parent'];
     public static int $counter = GLOBAL_NUMBER + 1;
     public static float $staticRatio = 3;
 
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ class PropertyDefaultsParent
     {
         return $this->label;
     }
+
+    public function options(): array
+    {
+        return $this->options;
+    }
 }
 
 class PropertyDefaultsChild extends PropertyDefaultsParent
@@ -35,7 +41,7 @@ class PropertyDefaultsChild extends PropertyDefaultsParent
 function main(): void
 {
     $value = new PropertyDefaultsChild();
-    var_dump($value->sum, $value->ratio, $value->label(), $value->traitValue);
+    var_dump($value->sum, $value->ratio, $value->label(), $value->options(), $value->traitValue);
     var_dump(
         PropertyDefaultsChild::$counter,
         PropertyDefaultsChild::$staticRatio,
@@ -47,6 +53,10 @@ function main(): void
 int(3)
 float(2)
 string(12) "parent-value"
+array(1) {
+  ["mode"]=>
+  string(6) "parent"
+}
 int(11)
 int(5)
 float(3)